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Its a very nice model to have but at £25 its a few pounds too expensive to contemplate a long rake on a price per inch basis.

Hi there,

I think judging a model purely on a "price per inch" basis is a little narrow.

These PGAs are, as has been said before, very useful models and as far as I can tell will feature similarly high levels of detail to Cavalex's very well received 4mm models.

These details are the same no matter what length of wagon. It is also worth bearing in mind that the overall production run numbers have a very significant bearing on prices - if you're amortising tooling costs then there's a big difference in unit cost between selling 2000 models and 4000.

I have ordered a few to mix in with NGS JGAs, older style Farish PGAS and Farish JGAs as this is how I used to see them running near me in Cambridgeshire before the HOAs took over.

I hope this model succeeds, as it will (a) bring a new manufacturer into the N gauge market and (b) be a very useful model in its own right and (c) possibly prompt the scaling down of other Cavalex models such as the BBA steel carrier.

Cheers

Ben A.

I made my comment having reserved my four and reflecting my thought process in deciding what quantity I was going to buy. I don't think I will be alone.

By comparison I bought 18 class B tankers at c£20 each and they were new CAD not re scaled versions of a successful model already produced. Surely this should have reduced their cost.

I'd like to support this model (mainly in the hope of getting some BBAs). Unfortuntaly train loads of these PGAs didn't run up north - except upon delivery as I believe they were built by Standard Wagon in Lancashire. I'd love to be proven wrong though!

Has anyone got/found photos show any number of these in speedlink trains?

Has anyone got/found photos show any number of these in speedlink trains?

I believe if ky mememory serves me correctly, a few rakes of these found their ways on to the Tunstead - Lostock Works (Northwich) services for a period after the original ICI wagons were withdrawn.They were on there for about 18 months IIRC but with the hours they ran some of thw trains there was lota of conplaints due to the noise as wagons bounce past.Generally they were hauled by class 60, but alao tgey trailed them with 59s and at least once with a 47!

So I know they were PGA wagons but cannot say for 100% certain they were tye same variant but I beleive so, sadly was too young to be able to realise what variant and no camera on the way to school

Primarily I model 1930's but I am acquiring rolling stock to create one or two smaller industrial layouts in addition to the 1930's layout. One will definitely be a steel mill or foundry set in the mid 60's yes, I am finding myself becoming a bit partial to industrial loco's and green diesels recently.

I have in mind to model the class 60 test train(s) as a long term project. Test Coach 6 and 60001 / 2 aside; I have some Farish Redland “PGA” hoppers.

I did once find a photo of the test formation, but I am struggling now. Can anybody tell me if the Redland wagons used for that test were of the type being offered by Cavalex or would the (I suspect generic) Farish ones be roughly the right shape?

We have been very disappointed by the uptake on these to be honest, I thought that they would sell like hot cakes. Whether its because of christmas and new year I don't know but our 4mm BBA is selling really well.

As a 2mm modeller myself I really want to get our 2mm stuff off the ground as it will actually give me a chance to run our stuff on my layout, we have already paid for the design on this to be done so would be a waste I feel if not followed through.